Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Canelo: "My Fists Will Make More
Damage Than The Golovkin’s Mouth"

By Daniel Cloutier

LAS VEGAS - It’s very clear in the Mexican boxer Saul Canelo
Alvarez’s mind, this time, he won’t let the judges decide
the result of his rematch with Gennady Golovkin, a fighter
from Kazakstan that several boxing writers on the planet are
considering now as the best boxer pound for pound in the
world.

This rematch, a WBA and WBC middleweight championship of the
world, will be presented next Saturday in the ring of the
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It will be televised by HBO
pay-per-view.

In September 2017, also at the T-Mobile Arena, Golovkin
(38-0-1) and Alvarez (49-1-2) fought for 12 rounds, and the
bout finished by a draw. A judge scored the bout for
Alvarez, another one for Golovkin, and the third judge got a
score of 114-114.

“This time, I will attack intensively from the first second
to the last moment of the bout, and you will see the
result,” said Alvarez. “I know that my intensity will make
me win the rematch by KO or TKO. For the last three months,
I trained day after day with the intention to score a KO or
a TKO this time, and I will achieve it.”

Alvarez said hehas no respect for Golovkin anymore.
“Golovkin never stopped complaining that he has been victim
of very bad decision in our first fight, and for that, I
cannot respect him anymore said Alvarez. I am positive I was
deserving the win in September 2017, and trust me, I am
gonna win the rematch… and this time, the judges won’t have
to give a result. I will take care of the verdict…”

And Alvarez is furious against Golovkin who said publicly:
“Alvarez is a cheater. He failed a drug test after our first
fight. I hope he will be clean this time.”

Alvarez replied: “The people around me know that the traces
of drug founded in my blood were coming from a meal prepared
by somebody I don’t know. Golovkin is accusing me to be a
cheater just to affect my reputation the most possible. I
will not let him spit of me, I will reply with my fists when
the rematch will started. And trust me, my fists can make
more damage than the Golovkin’s mouth…”

Golovkin’s trainer, Abel Sanchez, accused Alvarez to be a
runner instead a boxer September 2017 in the first fight. “I
have no lesson to receive from Sanchez,” said Alvarez. “It’s
absolutely ridiculous to pretend I was a runner instead a
boxer in our first fight, and pretend I was refusing to
exchange punches with Golovkin. All the boxing fans who
watched our first fight saw that this bout was intense and
close. I believe I won it, Golovkin believes he won it, but
the fact is the fight was rough and pretty close. If I would
be a runner from the beginning to the end, how this fight
could be so close? I don’t know on which planet Sanchez is
living….”

Alvarez got a surgery to right knee at the beginning of the
year. “Canelo took the time to cure his knee, and his health
is perfect now,” said the Alvarez’s trainer, Eddie Reynoso.
“Canelo got a great training camp, he worked day after day
with a perfect concentration and intensity, and I am sure I
will offer us a great performance in this rematch. His
motivation is really at the top now. Canelo is so
determinate to win the fight by KO and TKO. I am sure he
will be a real warrior when we gonna hear the first bell
Saturday evening. Canelo is hungry like he never been so
far.”

Alvarez scored 34 wins by KO or TKO since the beginning of
his pro boxing career. He is looking for the number 35 now.

The former world champion Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter of
Golden Boy Promotions in Los Angeles, has Alvarez in his
team.

“When I am talking to Canelo, I can see he is clearly more
confident than he was in September 2017,” said De La Hoya.
“Canelo knows he has the skills and the power to win this
rematch. I really believe we will see Canelo at his best
next Saturday in the ring of the T-Mobile Arena.”